How to Get Ukrainian Documents Translated for Canadian Immigration (IRCC Step-by-Step Guide)

Moving to Canada is an exciting journey, but the immigration process often requires extensive paperwork. If your documents are in Ukrainian, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) requires that you provide certified translations into English or French. This article explains step by step how to prepare, translate, and submit your Ukrainian documents so that they are fully accepted by IRCC.

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Scan documents for official translations

To translate official documents, I ask clients to send a copy of the original in electronic form. The easiest and most obvious option is to take a photo of the document using a cell phone, as most of modern phones allow to achieve a decent quality. This is quite an acceptable option, but often the photo shows foreign objects (fingers, glasses, and once the client sent me a birth certificate, photographed next to the shoe!) The ideal option is to scan documents with a desktop scanner. If the client has access to such a tool, I always advise to follow this path. However, what to do if there is no scanner and an image of an official document of good quality is required?
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